Elder Gavin Milius: LOTS OF MEMBER MEALS!!

Another Monday goes by so another email I must write! How's everyone doing? Hope y'all had a great first week of December!! I for one had a great week! I will say each week has been getting slower and slower, I don't know why but I think it's because Christmas is right around the corner and this is my first Christmas alone, but know I'm doing great!!

Monday was pretty fly as heck! We had a lesson with our guy on date, we still aren't sure if he understands anything cause we were talking about fasting and when we invited him to fast he said, "Oh yeah I'll come to church," and we were like, "OK cool so can you fast?" and he said, "yeah, I'll be there!" So we aren't sure if he understands but we will keep working with him.

Tuesday we had interviews with our president which was awesome because it was right after our exchange with the ZLs so I got to talk all about that and president man! He just hypes you up! My companion says it best, "our president gets you ready to go to war!" We then had an awesome lesson with one our super progressing girls. We talked a lot about prophets and scriptures and then at the end she volunteered to pray for us!! She gave one of the best prayers I've ever heard!! Better than anything I could have done!! She is super cool and we are praying she wants to be baptized soon!!

Wednesday we broke out the bikes again to go knocking, it was a pretty dry knocking session but after that we had dinner with a family who is vegetarian but they made us Cafe Rio burritos, they just had beans, guac, salsa, cheese, rice, and ww just made it, rolled it up and boom burrito! They were so delicious but I will say...can't keep me from ever adding meat when I get the chance. I need my protein ya know, for the gains 💪💪💪💪

Thursday we did service for this one member, her and her husband have been gone for a while so they had a lot of weeds to pull. So we pulled out all their weeds and then they wanted to take us out for dinner, so we said anything would be fine, and she offered Texas roadhouse!! We didn't say anything cause we didn't want them to pay so much but we also really wanted Texas roadhouse. So we ended up going and when we got there, they looked at us and said, your both ordering steaks! They also got the onion blossom and so we just pounded the bread, the onion blossom and steaks that night!!! I'm telling you, I've gone to Texas roadhouse more than I have ever gone in my life. It just doesn't make sense!

Friday we got to go knocking again and lemme tell you, we found like three people who were interested in us coming back but even out of three, all the doors we knocked on, we talk about the Book Of Mormon. It's so crazy how strong the spirit is when you talk about the Book Of Mormon and how it was translated by a modern prophet with the power of God!! We then got to go have dinner with another member who took us to this Mongolian restaurant and surprisingly it slapped!! After that we got to go chat with a member after her husband passed. When we got there she brought us in to a room that had all his old ties and said take whatever. There were lots of bolo ties so me and my comp got some of those, and they look so sick!! Like they are a lot cooler than I thought.

Saturday and Sunday were pretty basic. Saturdays are always great knocking days, we did have a guy cuss us out at his door. He was super peeved but later that evening he found us and came and apologized. He was a super cool guy but was super stressed and really didn't mean to lash out. He took a pamphlet so maybe he'll read it and come to know that through the gospel of Jesus christ, all can find peace. Sunday was also pretty basic, just church, a few phone calls, a mentoring thing, and then we got to go to dinner with this super "blessed" family. And by super blessed I mean they are just rich as nuts! They got a huge house, a nice neighborhood, a huge backyard, but they are just the nicest people ever!! Also they invited us over for Christmas dinner!!! So now we have plans for Christmas day!!! Which will be so fun!!!

Today was just P-day!! But it was district P-day so we got to go bowling with our district which was so fun!! I however realized that I'm just gonna stick to baseball, it's just a little more natural and I can actually do good at baseball. Bowling I can not lol. But that was my week!! Hope y'all had a great week and have a great next week!! Enjoy the Christmas season and don't forget to Light The World!!!!!!!!!! 🎁🌲🧑‍🎄🎅🎄🤶🎄🎅🎄🎄🧑‍🎄🎁🎁🎁🎁🧑‍🎄🌲🎅🎄🎄🤶🤶🤶🎄🎄🌲

-Elder Milius